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because lyndon johnson was such a smart, intuitive politician. he remembered the harry truman losing china charge by the republicans. obama reads history. he knows what was on lyndon's mind and he knows what was on truman's mind and he does not want to be the kind of person who's going to go down in historas the losing president. i mean, one of the most diffict thinks about "haunting legacy," crlie, is to try to understand what is it that presidents go through when they make major decisions about war and peace. these are human beings and they have fears and in obama's mind not only the first black president in american history-- and that's on his mind, too, as something that he cannot be careless about so you can't lose. there's so much of obama that wants simply to win but he faces problems economically, faces problems on the military side and very much like lyndon johnson who went through that whole business in the '06sbout can you have guns and butter? >> rose: did president obama make the wrong decision on afghanistan? >> marvin speaking is?
because lyndon johnson was such a smart, intuitive politician. he remembered the harry truman losing china charge by the republicans. obama reads history. he knows what was on lyndon's mind and he knows what was on truman's mind and he does not want to be the kind of person who's going to go down in historas the losing president. i mean, one of the most diffict thinks about "haunting legacy," crlie, is to try to understand what is it that presidents go through when they make major...
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lyndon johnson came to power in an extraordinary situation. it is not easy to find liberal moments between those two times when the country agree on the gold and was willing to move forward and make progress in the way we would define progress. it is a tougher hall than most people who hold these values so in that respect, significant that teddy roosevelt proposed national health insurance in 1912 and every democratic president since harry truman has tried to pass that and barack obama passed it. there are a lot of weaknesses to it but it is not nothing. the first two years of his presidency was the most consequential democratic presidency in 50 years. it is not chopped liver. i don't like chopped liver. that is point ii. that point lead to the argument i make in my book which i will be signing after this panel. which is about the system and the system is -- what i call the system which have a lot of components. part of it is the filibuster in the hold and part is the legacy of the most corrupt, incompetent and ideologically upset presidency o
lyndon johnson came to power in an extraordinary situation. it is not easy to find liberal moments between those two times when the country agree on the gold and was willing to move forward and make progress in the way we would define progress. it is a tougher hall than most people who hold these values so in that respect, significant that teddy roosevelt proposed national health insurance in 1912 and every democratic president since harry truman has tried to pass that and barack obama passed...
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lyndon johnson was challenged in be. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president is to have to fight to battles at once. as much as i come even if i find america's ago with obama, if i thought he was terrible i still wouldn't be against challenging him. i would be building for 2016. >> with that one why don't we opened up to questions from the audience. you can ask about the presidency. you can ask about eric's dietary restrictions. [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i can do that. i can be part of it. israel and american jews i want my big issues like pay a lot of attention to it. obama blue in the middle east. there's a very long question. how would one possess obama's dealings with netanyahu and what can we expect from hamas agreement, is that basically it? and egypt. i don't know about egypt. he blew it with regard to the middle east because he started out as he's done altogether too often for many of our case, he started out bold. he made a little resistance and then he ran around. he ran away and
lyndon johnson was challenged in be. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president is to have to fight to battles at once. as much as i come even if i find america's ago with obama, if i thought he was terrible i still wouldn't be against challenging him. i would be building for 2016. >> with that one why don't we opened up to questions from the audience. you can ask about the presidency. you can ask about eric's dietary restrictions. [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible]...
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i mean, lyndon johnson had lots of experience with african-americans around them. and the presidents from the north are considered like iconic presidents like president kennedy who had no experience with african-americans his whole life. was not after he was interested rather late in his president in 1963 where he started to take notice of this tremendous bubbling up of the civil rights movement, you know, by the protesters in the streets. and being a world war ii veteran, he was very much admiring of physical courage and he saw the physical courage of the demonstrators and this impressed him a great deal and by the time his presidency he was assassinated he was a much different kind of president dealing with civil rights than he was initially but, of course, that was cut short. >> host: you know, one of the things that so intrigued me about your book was the bibliography. you had to have a great time looking at all these folks who wrote about their time in the white house, many in the back stairs of the white house and lots of african-americans who worked for pres
i mean, lyndon johnson had lots of experience with african-americans around them. and the presidents from the north are considered like iconic presidents like president kennedy who had no experience with african-americans his whole life. was not after he was interested rather late in his president in 1963 where he started to take notice of this tremendous bubbling up of the civil rights movement, you know, by the protesters in the streets. and being a world war ii veteran, he was very much...
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lyndon johnson, also from texas had experience with african-americans around him. the presidents from the north, many times, some of them are considered iconic presidents in some ways like president kennedy had no experience with african-americans his whole life. he was not interested in the civil rights issue. it's only after he became president and rather later in his presidency in 1963 where he started to take notice of this tremendous bubbling up of the civil rights movement. you know, by the protesters in the streets. and being a world war ii veteran, he was very much admiral -- admiring physical courage. he saw the physical courage of the demonstrators. this impressed him a great deal. by the time his president -- he was assassinated, of course, he was much different kind of president dealing with civil rights than he was initially. that was cut short. >> host: you know, one the things that so intrigued me about your book was the biography. because you have -- i mean you had to have -- many of them in the white house and lots of african-americans who worked f
lyndon johnson, also from texas had experience with african-americans around him. the presidents from the north, many times, some of them are considered iconic presidents in some ways like president kennedy had no experience with african-americans his whole life. he was not interested in the civil rights issue. it's only after he became president and rather later in his presidency in 1963 where he started to take notice of this tremendous bubbling up of the civil rights movement. you know, by...
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the chairman thinks that it is lyndon johnson's fault. i do not think that medicare is a terrible thing. i do not think it has caused the same problem. to have a decent middle-class and social security and medicare is something we should be proud of as a country. medicare costs us a lot of money. almost as much, perhaps the same order of magnitude as the pentagon, $700 billion will go to the military. members of this house and voted to continue to spend money in the camps for structure programs in afghanistan when there are people that continue to be arguing the notion that they would go beyond george bush and keep troops in iraq this year when you -- we are in such a terrible financial situation is a difficult thing for me to understand. the majority of this house and voted to give the pentagon and $17 billion increase. money spent in afghanistan end iraq. i do not believe that members who are willing to spend almost without limit should be telling older people to feel embarrassed about getting adequate medical care. >> i now recognize t
the chairman thinks that it is lyndon johnson's fault. i do not think that medicare is a terrible thing. i do not think it has caused the same problem. to have a decent middle-class and social security and medicare is something we should be proud of as a country. medicare costs us a lot of money. almost as much, perhaps the same order of magnitude as the pentagon, $700 billion will go to the military. members of this house and voted to continue to spend money in the camps for structure programs...
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i was thinking lyndon johnson faced this incredibly complicated set of issues. can question imagine hi appointing a humphrey commission, or appoting his vice psident. i mean what is -- what is more important right now that the rewriting of the social contract which i involved in the debt, involved in fing medicare, involv in doing some infrastructure, involved in the budget. that is the most central thing going on right now. and why is it the o biden commission y ask it the obama commission. ople in the white house will say once he gets involved it becomes superpolarizing and it all falls apart. i think that is a bit of a rationalization think is one they have used too much to put him back in the shadows. and i just wish i few whetr it company could dprs some sort of deep sense of caution that he doesn't want to put himself out there or for some other reason. i simply don't know. >> i think his parting position is cautious. it's bridge building. that is his upbringing, that's his early work experience. that's his starting position, his foundation. but then he ha
i was thinking lyndon johnson faced this incredibly complicated set of issues. can question imagine hi appointing a humphrey commission, or appoting his vice psident. i mean what is -- what is more important right now that the rewriting of the social contract which i involved in the debt, involved in fing medicare, involv in doing some infrastructure, involved in the budget. that is the most central thing going on right now. and why is it the o biden commission y ask it the obama commission....
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johnson. presidents have also visited to support the wounded troops, and entertainers dropped by to help the soldiers forget their troubles, at least for a few hours. in recent years the hospital became a cutting-edge facility for prosthetics for soldiers losing a limb, and also suffered a black eye in 2007 for substandard living conditions in one of the outpatient buildings. the writing was on the wall. it was decided in 2005 walter reed should close its doors. the oldest buildings on the walter reed campus will be saved as historic landmarks, while some will be shops or residences, and others turned over to the state department, but the important work of helping the veterans will go on. the new facility will be the walter reed national military medical center. >> the air force is trying to determine what went wrong with an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile this morning. flight commanders destroyed the minutemen 3 icbm five minutes after takeoff over safety concerns. it was the secon
johnson. presidents have also visited to support the wounded troops, and entertainers dropped by to help the soldiers forget their troubles, at least for a few hours. in recent years the hospital became a cutting-edge facility for prosthetics for soldiers losing a limb, and also suffered a black eye in 2007 for substandard living conditions in one of the outpatient buildings. the writing was on the wall. it was decided in 2005 walter reed should close its doors. the oldest buildings on the...
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since lyndon johnson in 1964 to win that state. the president has an advantage there. the larger the population in that section, the more that puts it in place for president obama. host: iowa, dan, democratic line. have you been seeing candidates out and about? caller: 0, yes. it's pretty sad. it's nothing but politics. whoever does end up getting the big prize is going to be the one that's comes up and tries to repeal the 2010 vote by the supreme court, citizens united. that has given corporations control of the vote, control power. they can funnel as much money wherever they want. they can tie up anybody in the courtroom because they do have the money. this alone is the reason why we see an ongoing political thing year to year. it does not take a break any more. host: are you getting out to meet any republican candidates about the issues even though you are a democrat? caller: yes, i work with people that get along with michelle bachmann and stuff like that. it's a corporate game. why would people with millions of dollars want to
since lyndon johnson in 1964 to win that state. the president has an advantage there. the larger the population in that section, the more that puts it in place for president obama. host: iowa, dan, democratic line. have you been seeing candidates out and about? caller: 0, yes. it's pretty sad. it's nothing but politics. whoever does end up getting the big prize is going to be the one that's comes up and tries to repeal the 2010 vote by the supreme court, citizens united. that has given...
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since lyndon johnson in 1964 to win that state. the president has an advantage there. the larger the population in that section, the more that puts it in place for president obama. host: iowa, dan, democratic line. have you been seeing candidates out and about? caller: 0, yes. it's pretty sad. it's nothing but politics. whoever does end up getting the big prize is going to be the one that's comes up andries to repeal the 2010 vote by the supreme court, citizens united. that has given corporations control of the vote, control power. they can funneas much money wherever they want. they can tie up anybod in the courtroom because they do have e money. this alone is the reason why we see an ongoing political thing year to year. it does t take a break any more. host: are you getting out to meet any republican candidates about the issues even though you are a democrat? caller: yes, i work with people that get along with michelle bachmann and stuff like that. it's a corporate game. why would people with millions of dollars wt to run for of
since lyndon johnson in 1964 to win that state. the president has an advantage there. the larger the population in that section, the more that puts it in place for president obama. host: iowa, dan, democratic line. have you been seeing candidates out and about? caller: 0, yes. it's pretty sad. it's nothing but politics. whoever does end up getting the big prize is going to be the one that's comes up andries to repeal the 2010 vote by the supreme court, citizens united. that has given...
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and yet she was willing at the request of the new president, lyndon johnson taught, to come out and stand next to him when he took the oath of office. again, those of you who remember that day, i no, have this act burned in your brain. mrs. kennedy refused to change clothes. she was wearing her famous raspberry chanel suit. she started up the day with a raspberry matching pillbox hat. that had come off in the melee in chaos. syracuse to take off for bloodstained sued because he kept saying i wanted to see what they did to my husband. even though i was just seven at the time, i can remember watching that television and now living room with my family. i can remember that we gas when she came off the plane and was still wearing a suit that she refused to take off. she then became the mortar in chief for the nation. she had a few moments of shock, again, given the word that she witnessed in dallas. very quickly she got her wits about her. she asked her husband's family, sargent shriver, and cabinet members, to start looking into planning the funeral, and see acid be based on ever and lincoln'
and yet she was willing at the request of the new president, lyndon johnson taught, to come out and stand next to him when he took the oath of office. again, those of you who remember that day, i no, have this act burned in your brain. mrs. kennedy refused to change clothes. she was wearing her famous raspberry chanel suit. she started up the day with a raspberry matching pillbox hat. that had come off in the melee in chaos. syracuse to take off for bloodstained sued because he kept saying i...
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it was destroyed the presidency of lyndon johnson. he knew it would be a great burden to hubert humphrey. the brilliance of his consideration of the world at that time was that he could see there might be a possibility of splitting the communist world and creating circumstances where he could leapfrog out of the vietnam quagmire and reposition united states as the most maneuverable and secure element in a strategic triangle. what is interesting about the 1967 article, asia after vietnam, is its title. he was thinking beyond the quagmire. how do i get out of vietnam into a new environment? the other thing that is interesting is that as we read the article today, there is somebody who is not mentioned. there is a dog dead is not barking. there is almost no mention of the soviet union. what ever thinking was going on, it was not communicated and anything but the most elliptical fashion where mr. nixon had talked about the need to engage china so that it would not persist in its posture of angry isolation. the 1967 article really did not
it was destroyed the presidency of lyndon johnson. he knew it would be a great burden to hubert humphrey. the brilliance of his consideration of the world at that time was that he could see there might be a possibility of splitting the communist world and creating circumstances where he could leapfrog out of the vietnam quagmire and reposition united states as the most maneuverable and secure element in a strategic triangle. what is interesting about the 1967 article, asia after vietnam, is its...
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it was destroying the presidency of lyndon johnson. he knew it would be a great burden to his likely candidate and challenger, hubert humphrey. the brilliance of his consideration of the world at that time was that he could see that there might be a possibility of splitting the communist world and creating circumstances where he could leapfrog out of the quagmire and reposition the u.s. as the most maneuverable and secure element in a strategic situation. it is very interesting about the 1967 article that dick allen has referred to is that it is very -- he was thinking beyond the quagmire. how do i get out of vietnam? the other thing that is interesting as we read the article, for someone who was mentioning the article, there is a dog who isn't working. there's almost no mention of the soviet union. whatever thinking that was going on was not communicated but in the most elliptical fashion where mr. nixon had talked about the need to engage china and so that it would not persist in its posture of angry isolation. the article did not ga
it was destroying the presidency of lyndon johnson. he knew it would be a great burden to his likely candidate and challenger, hubert humphrey. the brilliance of his consideration of the world at that time was that he could see that there might be a possibility of splitting the communist world and creating circumstances where he could leapfrog out of the quagmire and reposition the u.s. as the most maneuverable and secure element in a strategic situation. it is very interesting about the 1967...
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it was destroying the presidency of lyndon johnson. he knew it would be a great burden to his likely candidate and challenger, hubert humphrey. the brilliance of his consideration of the world at that time was that he could see that there might be a possibility of splitting the communist world and creating circumstances where he could leapfrog out of the quagmire and reposition the u.s. as the most maneuverable and secure element in a strategic situation. it is very interesting about the 1967 article that dick allen has referred to is that it is very -- he was thinking beyond the quagmire. how do i get out of vietnam? the other thing that is interesting as we read the article, for someone who was mentioning the article, there is a dog who isn't working. there's almost no mention of the soviet union. whatever thinking that was going on was not communicated but in the most elliptical fashion where mr. nixon had talked about the need to engage china and so that it would not persist in its posture of angry isolation. the article did not ga
it was destroying the presidency of lyndon johnson. he knew it would be a great burden to his likely candidate and challenger, hubert humphrey. the brilliance of his consideration of the world at that time was that he could see that there might be a possibility of splitting the communist world and creating circumstances where he could leapfrog out of the quagmire and reposition the u.s. as the most maneuverable and secure element in a strategic situation. it is very interesting about the 1967...
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as president lyndon johnson said -- and i quote -- "there are no problems we cannot solve together and very few that we can solve by ourselves." democrats and republicans have rarely needed to come together more than today. i know this agreement won't make every republican happy. it certainly won't make every democrat happy either. but both parties gave more ground than they wanted to and neither side got as much as it had hoped. but that is the essence of compromise, of consensus building, and the american people demanded compromise this week and they got it. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: this is an important moment for our count country. i appreciate the majority leader's comments and want to say a few words to our colleagues who have been so patient over the past several days. and whose ideas and encouragement have been so helpful in getting us to this point. first of all, let me reiterate that before any agreement is reached, republicans will meet to discuss the framework that the white house and congressional leaders i
as president lyndon johnson said -- and i quote -- "there are no problems we cannot solve together and very few that we can solve by ourselves." democrats and republicans have rarely needed to come together more than today. i know this agreement won't make every republican happy. it certainly won't make every democrat happy either. but both parties gave more ground than they wanted to and neither side got as much as it had hoped. but that is the essence of compromise, of consensus...
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you can't do a lyndon johnson. you can't start fighting wars and not raise revenues to pay for them. >> you're not going to get the revenue so you should end the war. >> we'll do a little bit of everything. one plan or what? >> both sides in you broad the rockies. walk us quickly what's inside deficit reduction plans on each side. >> fair enough. bowles-you simpson set the standard. they came out with $4 trillion of deficit reduction over the next ten years. the paul ryan plan that you remember got to about the same amount of deficit reduction, $4 trillion. the obama plan is $2.5 trillion of deficit reduction and now what i call the biden talks they are at zero they have talked about a trillion dollars of spending use. they are a long way from the number that we've seen from others. even if the bowles-simpson plan were adopted we would have $6 trillion more debt than we have now. let's look quickly at where the cuts come from. bowles-. simpson would cut spending. ryan would cut taxes by 4.6 trillion. obama 1.7 tril
you can't do a lyndon johnson. you can't start fighting wars and not raise revenues to pay for them. >> you're not going to get the revenue so you should end the war. >> we'll do a little bit of everything. one plan or what? >> both sides in you broad the rockies. walk us quickly what's inside deficit reduction plans on each side. >> fair enough. bowles-you simpson set the standard. they came out with $4 trillion of deficit reduction over the next ten years. the paul...
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. >> mike barnicle, finish the sentence for me, keep your friends close -- >> lyndon johnson -- >> straight out of "the god father," keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer. general petraeus had been sort of quietly complaining behind the scenes, just like mcchrystal, about this white house. suddenly mcchrystal goes up in flames and he looks at petraeus and says, general, you're running afghanistan. and then, general, you're running the cia. >> and one of the elements of general petraeus going to the cia and both david and jack just touched upon it is petraeus seems to have a knack for identifying and aligning themselves with really smart people. there are a lot of really smart people in langley working at the cia. and now he's got a defense secretary, leon panetta, who too knows about the talent level at the cia. and the merger of these two institutions, defense department intelligence and cia intelligence and operational staff in the field, it could be the finest days for both units. >> wes, it could be a brilliant move. >> absolutely. and the interesting thing about the move fo
. >> mike barnicle, finish the sentence for me, keep your friends close -- >> lyndon johnson -- >> straight out of "the god father," keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer. general petraeus had been sort of quietly complaining behind the scenes, just like mcchrystal, about this white house. suddenly mcchrystal goes up in flames and he looks at petraeus and says, general, you're running afghanistan. and then, general, you're running the cia. >> and...
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johnson coming to visit him. the head of the health care system here at walter reed says it's going to be a bittersweet event today. let's listen. >> walter reed is an icon. you go any place in the world and talk to anyone in the military and even if they can't speak english, you say the words walter reed and they know exactly what you're talking about. so a true iconic status. >> that will end for this facility. but it continues a few miles away in bethesda, maryland where the new medical center will be opening today. a ceremony at 10:00 o'clock with staff and former patients as they retire the flag, making this no longer an active military installation. back to you guys. >> steve: all right. steve, north of the capitol in washington, we thank you very much. let's bring in laura ingraham who has got the great book burning up the charts. good morning to you, laura. >> hey, guys. great to see you. >> steve: great to have you. we should start with the first question. have you ever washed your hair in beer? >> gretc
johnson coming to visit him. the head of the health care system here at walter reed says it's going to be a bittersweet event today. let's listen. >> walter reed is an icon. you go any place in the world and talk to anyone in the military and even if they can't speak english, you say the words walter reed and they know exactly what you're talking about. so a true iconic status. >> that will end for this facility. but it continues a few miles away in bethesda, maryland where the new...
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johnson was in office. removing the deduction for state and local taxes might be the final act that restores purple america to its traditional red hue. at 5% of all tax expenditures, this would represent a massive tax increase, this net exclusion of defined benefit pension contributions/engs. i guess that's number seven -- disks for state an local tanches except for real property. what's number 2? the pretax treatment for contributions workers made to their plans. many of us know of these retirement plans as 401(k) plans. at 4% of tax expenditures, this is a significant incentive to families to save for retirement. number nine is a bit more obscure, but no less critical for families. it is the tax expenditure for the step-up in basis at death. we all know the saying that nothing is as certain as death and taxes. well, if this tax expenditure were eliminated, this step-up in basis at death, this saying would take on an even darker meaning. death could now be taxed twice. first the deis he dent's estate might
johnson was in office. removing the deduction for state and local taxes might be the final act that restores purple america to its traditional red hue. at 5% of all tax expenditures, this would represent a massive tax increase, this net exclusion of defined benefit pension contributions/engs. i guess that's number seven -- disks for state an local tanches except for real property. what's number 2? the pretax treatment for contributions workers made to their plans. many of us know of these...
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johnson. host: so your question, sir? guest: well, this is set up, it'surposefully set up for this to happen. host: we'll leave it there. impltsdz there's a clr disagreement about the scale and scope of the social safety neand really the role of government. yomping inn's made any defense otherwise. if you look at some of the things that were done the house passed budget they were deeply different approaches to trying to provi a safety net in the united states. that's a legitimate and important debate to have. there's a second pect of the gentleman's remarks which is that somehow there is a deliberate desire to have the public finances not add up and thus endanger the country and i findit hard to believe that in good faith over several decades that either party would have wanted us to come tot this situation we are now where things are so rad cliss out of balance and so dangerous to the next generation that we have to really get serious about fixing them. . . that's what fee for service medicin
johnson. host: so your question, sir? guest: well, this is set up, it'surposefully set up for this to happen. host: we'll leave it there. impltsdz there's a clr disagreement about the scale and scope of the social safety neand really the role of government. yomping inn's made any defense otherwise. if you look at some of the things that were done the house passed budget they were deeply different approaches to trying to provi a safety net in the united states. that's a legitimate and important...